Thankful Thursdays~Helping Others Fulfill Their Purpose

Life is full.  It always is and many things pull and tug on our lives and cry out for our attention.

I have always said Tiger Woods would not be the golfer he is today if his mother had 5 children.  Let’s be honest, we can all only give so much.  The joke around here is at the end of the day there is very little love left over, for even the cats.  They are on their own.

After caring for the  three SONS, one husband ( who I must admit is very low maintenance) one dog who thinks she can fly (and who is very high maintenance) and two wacky cats that will only come for me mind you, my day is pretty full just like yours.

But once again on this Thankful Thursday I am reminded that life is full and that is just fine with me because I have learned to work around it.

One area that my full life is focused on right now is that Eldest SON is trying out for the school soccer team.  He loves soccer and has the most beautiful kick. I love to watch him play.  It is a joy.

I was unaware that half the school would try out for soccer.  Okay not really half, but enough to make the competion quite stiff.  I have spent the week praying and sharing the ups and downs of winning and losing. I have had my share of losses when it comes to pageants.  For every crown I won, I probably lost 5.  So the bottom line is I know how to lose and lose well.

Eldest SON knows how to win. He excels in school and in pretty much whatever he attempt, he succeeds. That is a blessing and a curse.  Because this feels different.  The soccer thing that is.  I have been praying, you moms know what I mean.  I have prayed that if this would be good for the Eldest SON, then I prayed God would open this door.  I also prayed for a bit of God’s favor too!  So needless to say there has been a lot of apprehension at our house. And on top of this some of his friends are trying out too! Which leads to many “what if” scenarios.

I do not know how my  mother and father watched me compete all those years in pageants.  They must have had nerves of steel.

When my mother and dad got sick and Winters’ career was in such upheaval, the three SONS still wanted to do all those activities and sports. I simply could not do the whole soccer thing.  Then I got sick on top of that and it was just too much for me. But later we dove into Boy Scouts, which has been great and a whole other post.

So life was good, I thought.

But several months back, the SONS joined a more laid back soccer team, with a much easier schedule.  Again it was what I could do.  I thought I could handle that and I was right. Again, it was all good, so I thought.

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Yesterday he asked me to come watch him play.  So I did.  I could spot the eldest Son of Thunder a million miles away in a sea of other boys. I know his run, his wave , his walk and even his kick.  He is my SON and I could spot him anywhere. You know what I am talking about because you probably feel the same way about your children.  We know them and we feel their pain just like it were our own.

I watched that crowded field of boys, but picked out Caleb every time – he was giving it his very best. And then I thought to myself that this must be much like how God feels.  I am sure God can spot us a million miles away.  He knows his children and he knows our hurts and our fears and our successes.  He knows the good, the bad and the ugly in our life and He loves us just the same.

That is the beauty of the saving grace of Jesus Christ and His unconditional love for us.  Jesus felt our pain on the cross and He feels what we are going through today.

Yes, we do the best we can, but I have hurt this week to think that I kept Caleb from his dream and his passion because my life was just too full to handle any more. Sometimes in life, regardless how busy we are, we must find the time to help our children fulfill their purpose. We simply have to work around it.

Our lives are a bit less full now that mom and dad are with the Lord; sad but true. My health has improved and Winters and I are getting our groove back.

On this Thankful Thursday life has slowed just enough for the SONs, Winters and me to hang onto our dreams, passion and purpose.

I have said it before and I will say it again, we must make time for the dream.

So on this Thankful Thursday I pray you will hang onto your dream, feel God’s pleasure and help yourself and others fulfill their purpose!  As for the eldest SON, win or lose, I have promised him he will play soccer in the spring!  Because the SONs’ dreams are important to me and to Winters. And as far as how we are going to make that happen well we have all winter to figure that out.  Once again will just have to work around life!

Be blessed and encouraged abundantly today as you hang onto the dream!